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Energy efficiency schemes

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Secretary of State shall ensure that—

(a)	all households in fuel poverty; and

(b)	such other households as he may specify,

are offered a whole house package of approved energy efficiency measures.

(2)	A “whole house package of approved energy efficiency measures”—

(a)	may before being finalised take into account the effects on a particular

household of any measures taken or proposed to be taken pursuant to any

other scheme to combat fuel poverty; and

(b)	must consider a householder’s energy needs and carbon dioxide impacts

as a whole and establish a comprehensive package of measures to address

them; and

(c)	must identify all relevant cost effective measures; and

(d)	must include all measures available at the time of assessment that are

suitable for the property and—

(i)	which pay back through fuel bill savings over their lifetime; and

(ii)	which are necessary to remove that household from fuel poverty

or bring the property up to Energy Performance Certificate Band

C.

(3)	The Secretary of State must specify a method of financing those works provided

that subject to subsection (4) no householder shall be required to pay for the cost

of those works.

(4)	If the Secretary of State specifies that any works carried out pursuant to this

section shall be funded in whole or in part by a loan scheme, then he must ensure

that any repayments for which a householder shall be liable must be equal to, or

less per month than, the total savings on the energy bills of that householder.

(5)	If a householder accepts an offer made pursuant to this section the Secretary of

State must ensure that the resultant works must be carried out within 12 months

of that acceptance.

(6)	The Secretary of State must take reasonable steps to promote the scheme to

households in fuel poverty with a view to maximising the acceptance by

householders of the offers made under the scheme.’.

Reports and reviews

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

NC8

To move the following Clause:—

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‘(1)	The Secretary of State must report annually to parliament on actions taken

pursuant to section [Energy efficiency schemes] and any such report must include

information on—

(a)	the reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide, and

(b)	the reduction in the number of households in fuel poverty,

as a result of those actions.

(2)	The Secretary of State may from time to time, and in the circumstances specified

in subsection (3) below must, carry out a review of the scheme established by this

Act and the results of any such review must be laid before Parliament.

(3)	The circumstances referred to in subsection (2) are, if in the opinion of the

Secretary of State, the scheme is either—

(a)	failing to deliver sufficient reductions in the emissions of carbon dioxide;

or

(b)	likely to fail to end fuel poverty.

(4)	Where the Secretary of State has carried out a review pursuant to subsection (3)

he shall ensure that that review is debated and voted on in Parliament.’.

Membership of the Ofgem board

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

NC9

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Schedule 1 of the Utilities Act 2000 is amended as follows.

(2)	In paragraph 1(1), before “chairman”, insert “lay”.

(3)	In paragraph 1(2), after “member”, insert “and shall ensure that the majority of

members appointed are lay persons”.

(4)	After paragraph 1(1), insert—

“(1A)

In this Schedule a reference to “lay” is a reference to a person who has

been independent from the energy industry, the government and civil

service interaction with the energy sector for a period of at least five

years.”.

(5)	After paragraph 7(2), insert—

“(3)	The Authority must hold its board meetings in public, save for the

parts of those meetings where it is necessary for commercially

sensitive information to be discussed.”’.

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Regulation of the gas market

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

NC10

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Section 23 of the Gas Act 1986 is amended as follows.

(2)	Omit subsections (6) to (8) and (10).’.

Regulation of the electricity market

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

NC11

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Section 11A of the Electricity Act 1989 is amended as follows.

(2)	Omit subsections (6) to (8).’.

Prioritisation of installation of smart-meters for vulnerable households and those in close

proximity to a renewable energy generation facility

Greg Clark

Charles Hendry

Gregory Barker

Bill Wiggin

NC12

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	A support scheme may make provision to prioritise—

(a)	households in fuel poverty, and

(b)	households in close proximity to a renewable energy generation facility,

and

(c)	such other groups as the Secretary of State may determine

for the installation of a smart-meter.

(2)	The Secretary of State shall by regulation ensure, as far as is reasonably

practicable, that all households are converted to smart-meters, in accordance with

subsection (3) of this section.

(3)	The Secretary of State may by order specify for the purposes of section (8) a

period of not more than 7 years, beginning with the commencement day.

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(4)	In this section “commencement day” means the day on which this section comes

into force.’.

CCS body for pipelines

Greg Clark

Charles Hendry

Gregory Barker

Bill Wiggin

NC13

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Secretary of State may by regulations establish a body or bodies to facilitate

the movement of CO2 from CCS-enabled facilities.

(2)	The body’s duties may include—

(a)	offering long term contracts to emitters to dispose of their CO2;

(b)	arranging tenders for companies/consortia to bid for the monopoly rights

to operate CCS hubs and to transport onwards and store the CO2 that

arrives from the emitting hubs;

(c)	organising competitive tenders for the provisions of pipeline capacity,

storage and monitoring services;

(d)	commissioning research and survey work on the suitability of long-term

storage sites;

(e)	overseeing the distribution of the CCS levy.’.

Community benefits for residence in proximity to renewable energy generation

Greg Clark

Charles Hendry

Gregory Barker

Bill Wiggin

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

NC14

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State may by regulations make a scheme to make provision

for—

(a)	cheaper tariffs for households in proximity to a renewable energy

generation facility; and

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(b)	shared ownership in renewable energy generation facilities for

households in proximity to the facility.’.

CCS Roadmap

Greg Clark

Charles Hendry

Gregory Barker

Bill Wiggin

NC15

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Secretary of State shall lay before the House a programme and timeline for

the delivery of at least three carbon capture and storage demonstration projects.

(2)	The Secretary of State shall present this programme and timeline within six

months of Royal Assent for this Act.’.

Carbon floor price

Greg Clark

Charles Hendry

Gregory Barker

Bill Wiggin

NC16

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Secretary of State may by regulations introduce a mechanism to produce a

floor in the price of carbon.

(2)	“A floor in the price of carbon” means a price below which the cost of EU

allowances from the EU ETS may not fall.’.

Schemes for reducing fuel poverty: further provisions (No.2)

Dr Alan Whitehead

Nick Ainger

Mr Graham Allen

John Austin

Mr Clive Betts

Ms Karen Buck

NC17

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	In this Part a support scheme—

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(a)	must include the offer of a reasonable amount of energy efficiency

measures to all persons in the fuel poverty risk groups who are offered

financial benefits;

(b)	may include the offer of energy efficiency measures to such other persons

as the scheme specifies;

(c)	may include the offer of such other benefits as the Secretary of State may

from time to time specify.

(2)	In this section—

“energy efficiency measures” includes any of those measures that are at the time

of the passing of this Act rated at 5% for any purposes; and

“a reasonable amount of energy efficiency measures” means an amount of

measures that the Secretary of State specifies having regard to the condition of the

property concerned.’.

Limit to number of energy tariffs for residential customers

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

NC18

To move the following Clause:—

‘Within six months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State shall, by

regulation, limit to no more than 10 the number of tariffs which each energy

supplier may offer to any residential customer.’.

Publication of energy tariffs

Simon Hughes

Mr Phil Willis

Martin Horwood

Sir Robert Smith

NC19

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	Within six months of the passing of this Act the Authority will publish or cause

to be published, at least three times a year, in national, regional and local press a

full list of energy tariffs [“the consumer energy price list”] applicable for the next

period of six months.

(2)	The dates of the publication of the “consumer energy price list” shall be during

the thirty days before—

(a)

1 April,

(b)	1 September, and

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(c)	1 January.’.

Provision of gas storage facilities

Greg Clark

Charles Hendry

Gregory Barker

Bill Wiggin

NC20

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Secretary of State may by regulations set a minimum requirement for an

amount of gas to be secured for use by—

(a)	suppliers of gas to domestic and business customers, and

(b)	gas-fired generators of electricity.

(2)	The Secretary of State may by regulations establish the eligibility of suppliers and

generators for inclusion in the requirement.’.

Order of the House [7 DECember 2009]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Energy Bill:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 21 January 2010.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.

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Revised 19 January 2010